Some Essential Facts About Baidu

Shares of Technology sector company Baidu moved -1.7% today, and are now trading at a price of $141.5. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 877,986 compared to its average volume of 2,609,640. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.

Baidu, Inc. offers internet search services in China. The company is based in Beijing and has 41,300 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $49,637,634,048.

39 analysts are following Baidu and have set target prices ranging from $100.03 to $232.74 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, BIDU is trading -20.88% away from its average analyst target price of $178.85 per share.

Over the last year, BIDU shares have gone down by -4.9%, which represents a difference of -20.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $160.88 per share and its 52 week low is $73.58. Although Baidu's average free cash flow over the last 4 years has been $23.4 Billion, they have been decreasing at an average rate of -2.1%. For this reason, investors may continue to shun the stock.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cashflow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2022-12-31 26,170,000 -8,393,000 26,170,000 30.06
2021-12-31 20,122,000 -11,240,000 20,122,000 6.64
2020-12-31 24,200,000 -5,331,000 18,869,000 -33.7
2019-12-31 28,458,000 -19,121,000 28,458,000 n/a
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